Science Notebook - Student Edition

198 Protists

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Section 19.4 Funguslike Protists (continued)

Slime Molds

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Compare slime molds to fungi by completing the table below.

Similarities in Slime Molds and Fungi

Reproduce using:

Feed on:

Absorb nutrients through:

Contrast slime molds and fungi by completing the following sentence.

The cell walls of fungi are composed of , and cell walls

in slime molds contain.

Compare and contrast acellular and cellular slime molds by

using the following phrases to complete the Venn diagram.

• move and surround food like
  amoebas


• flagellated during part of life
  cycle


• most of life cycle spent as
  single, amoeba-like cells
  
  
  • form colonies when food is
    scarce
  
  
  • mobile mass of cytoplasm
    with no separate cells
  
  
  • make spores to reproduce
  
  
  
  

Acellular Cellular

Slime Molds

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Slime Molds